1. I just finished Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronvitch, the second in a series that started with Midnight Riot. Actually, I listened to these two, and that's really the best way to read these books in particular. The premise is that the Metropolitan Police have a Detective Chief Inspector who's 111 years old and is a wizard, and he takes on a new detective constable. The books are hilarious, touching, gruesome, and more. Clever stories, compelling characters, ridiculously creative premises. Worth every minute. And the narration is utterly brilliant.
2. Also listening to Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. Ghosts and gods, accountants and detective constables. The book will have you in stitches from start to finish (not quite done yet). Again, the narration is fantastic.
3. On the actual reading side, okay books, but not particularly compelling, the latest in a couple of series. Political Suicide by Michael Palmer. The main character in the series is an ER doc who is also a counselor for doctors with problems. Nice enough guy, a real liberal, but as often as not a bit of a dunce in many ways. A nice dunce, but dunce-like nonetheless. In some ways, the story in this particular novel is a lesson for what can go wrong in purely voluntary military peopled with true believers. Not bad, but very predictable.
4. And, finally, the latest in Stephen White's Alan Gregory series, Line of Fire (or is it the latest on Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware series - I always confuse the two). I'll keep reading the books, but it's getting a bit old, except for the character himself. He's maybe 5 years older than he was at the beginning of the series, or something along those lines, and that's just silly. If you didn't read and remember every detail from the book before this one, you'll not know what's going on, so refresh yourself on it.
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